Professor Dr. Irene Ring

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Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Irene Ring

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Curriculum vitae

since 8/2016	Chair of Ecosystem Services at the International Institute (IHI) Zittau, Technische Universität Dresden
2011 - 2016	Private lecturer at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Leipzig
2011	Habilitation at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Leipzig on "Economic Instruments for Conservation Policies in Federal Systems"
2009 - 2016	Lecturer at the University of Bayreuth
WS 2008/09	Visiting Professor for "Ecological Services" at the University of Bayreuth, Master Programme Global Change Ecology, Elite Network of Bavaria
2004 - 2016	Deputy Head, Department of Economics, UFZ
2002 - 2015	Head of the Working Group "Conservation of Nature and Biodiversity"
1994 - 2011	Lecturer at the University of Leipzig
1992 - 2016	Researcher, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig
1993	Ph.D. in Economics, University of Bayreuth. Dissertation topic: Opportunities and limits of market-based environmental policy from the ecological point of view.
1989 - 1992	Ph.D. student at the Institute for European Environmental Policy, Bonn, Germany
1983 - 1989	Studies in Geoecology and Environmental Sciences at the University of Bayreuth, Germany and the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
1981 - 1983	Industrial apprenticeship at Siemens AG, Munich, Germany

Memberships and committees

2019 to date	Member of FEdA Scientific Committee of BMBF Research Initiative for the Preservation of Biodiversity
2016 to date	Member of PRISMA – Center for Sustainability Assessment and Policy, TU Dresden
2015 to date	German MAB National Committee
2015 - 2021	Member of the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
2015 - 2021	Editor of the Journal Ecological Economics
2015 - 2016	Member of the Scientific Board of the Progressive Economy Initiative
2013 to 2018	President of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE)
2012 to date	Subject editor of the journal Nature Conservation
2010 to 2018	Member of the Board of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE)
2005 - 2014	National Scientific Committee of DIVERSITAS Germany
2000 - 2008	Committee on Sciences of the German UNESCO-Commission
1996 to date	Founding Member of the European Society for Ecological Economics
1996 to date	German Speaking Association for Ecological Economics
1994 to date	The International Society for Ecological Economics
1987 to date	Association for Geoecology in Germany

Teaching Experiences

Lectures and seminars at IHI Zittau, TU Dresden

Ecosystem Services - Concepts and Developments
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Governance
Ecological Economics
Ecosystem Services: Case Studies
Biodiversity Management and Sustainability

Lectures and seminars at the University of Bayreuth

The Economics of Global Environmental Change
Ecological Services
Socio-economic Drivers
Environmental Economics/Biodiversity Economics
The Economics of Climate Change

Lectures and seminars at the University of Leipzig

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Governance
Public Finances
Financing Public Ecological Functions
Economics of Nature Conservation
Economic Instruments in Environmental Policy
Emissions Trading
Sustainable Development

Interdisciplinary lecture at Leipzig University in 2000 on

Natural Resources Conservation and Economic Development

Guest lectures since 1994 on various topics at New University of Lisbon, Portugal, CSERGE, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. and Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA, Leipzig University, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Braunschweig University

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